How to Hide WordPress for Security: 5 Plugins

We keep hearing about WordPress sites getting hacked frequently. The mere fact that WordPress is a very popular content management system makes the sites running on it a target for hackers. We have covered plenty of ways you can go about hardening WordPress. You may also want to think about hiding certain information about your site. Hiding the WordPress login page, version, and other features might keep hackers at bay. Here are 5 plugins you can use to hide WordPress features:

Hide My WP: hides the fact that you are running WordPress. It hides various WordPress specific features to make it harder for hackers to mess with your site. You can change permalinks, hide your login page, and do a whole lot more.

Secure Hidden Login: it hides the normal login and allows you to login with a key combination or special button.

Hide My Site: want to password protect your site completely? This plugin can help. Of course, you can use .htaccess or cPanel to get the job done. This is a bit more elegant. If you have content that you absolutely don’t want to share with everyone, plugins like this might help.

Hiding the fact that your using WordPress isn't the solution. WordPress core is very secure. Your better off spending more time making sure that you've done what you can to secure your WordPress, use the latest version, delete the admin user, use a strong password, install login limit etc.

@Paul. I agree. It does not make your site hacker-proof. But I don't think we said it would. You still have to harden your site, secure your server, and do more to handle sophisticated hack attacks. There are very good reasons to hide the fact that you are running WordPress though (other than security).